Bre″vi‐ate (�), n. [L. breviatus, p. p. of breviare to shorten, brevis short.] 1. A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.
I omit in this breviate to rehearse.
Hakluyt.
The same little breviates of infidelity have... been published and dispersed with great activity.
Bp. Porteus.
2. A lawyer's brief. Hudibras.